Ryan Smith

It was relatively easy to convince Hollywood writer/director James Gunn to sign on to his first video game project. All he had to do was watch a short video clip...

From receiving death threats by overeager "Jackass" fans to auditioning for a movie role as a Hispanic stripper, it's been an odd but rewarding year for stand-up comedian Amy Schumer....

Shed no tears in your beer, fellow Chicagoans, especially if that beer's a PBR. The recent news that Pabst is trading its Chicago-area headquarters for shiny new L.A. digs isn't...

Season 2 of "The Walking Dead" may be buried, but zombies are crawling back into pop culture in video game form with a new video game series. Fans worried that...

John Cusack claims to have little in common with Edgar Allan Poe. But clad in an all-black outfit and answering questions thoughtfully between long drags of a cigarette in a...

Overcompensation isn't always a bad thing, at least not for the new PlayStation Vita. I got the feeling playing the portable gaming system that Sony is desperately trying to make...

With his curly blonde 'fro, oversized glasses and open-mouthed gape, Jon Heder's teenaged misfit character from "Napoleon Dynamite" always seemed profoundly cartoonish. Fox must have agreed, recently turning the quotable...

Chicagoans anxious to get their hands on the PlayStation Vita—Sony's newest handheld device landing in stores Feb. 22—can get a test spin this month in Wicker Park.Sony has opened a...